Legal Opinion
Thayer v. City of St. Joseph
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1932PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
This is an action in damages. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs and against defendant, City of St. Joseph, in the sum of $3,500. Defendant appealed. The appeal was dismissed and the cause is before us for review on a writ of error.
The record discloses that on August 30, 1924, Kenneth Thayer, a boy ten years of age, came to his death in a municipal swimming pool in the City of St. Joseph, Missouri. Plaintiffs, father and mother of decedent, brought this action in damages for his death. The suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County and by change of venue tried in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Village of Riverside v. MacLainIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Capp v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- State ex rel. Wood v. SchweickardtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Perrin v. . New York Central Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Commonwealth v. HazenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hoggard v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- Ide v. City of St. CloudSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
- Pickett v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. PinkleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
- Weeks v. City of NewarkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
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